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• Re: 88 GL - Oil Cooler R&R
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 5 Jan 2014 09:23:08 -0500
  ...88 GL - Oil Cooler R&R I am almost ready to remove the cooler after my big oil leak. Have new O-ring, new...
• oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - John Lunetta
  Wed, 23 Jan 2002 09:41:09 -0500
  I am about to replace the oil cooler on my 1990 vanagon 2.1, does any one know what the bentley manual means by...
• Anyone know of a good cooler for a Vanagon...
  Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
  Sun, 7 Sep 2003 09:48:40 -0600
  Jesse, We have a plug in cooler (Coleman) and like it to supplement the fridge in our van. We bought the 120 volt adapter...
• Re: Major oil leak help!
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 13 Dec 2005 07:11:30 EST
  ...Oil cooler O ring blew? Oil cooler O-ring for sure. Always happens when it turns cold unless you have new improved O-ring...
• Re: Coolant Leak near Oil Cooler/Water Pump - 88GL
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Wed, 29 Sep 2004 00:20:23 -0400
  1) How reliable are the oil coolers over time. Mine looks to be the original by the 03/88 stamp on it. Very! they...
• Re: Oil Temperature??
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 25 Sep 2015 18:34:52 -0500
  What the external oil cooler will do is help to keep the oil cooler at a given ambient temperature and load than it would...
• Re: more oil temp
  Historical mailing list - Robert Crawford
  Mon, 24 Jun 1996 18:52:15 -0700
  ...I would recomend looking at the spot you have in mind for your cooler before installing the cooler. Is it relativly clean(I don...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] How does coolant circuit to oil cooler work?
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Sun, 9 Sep 2012 21:38:12 -0700
  I tried the experiment proposed in the post below. (varying the proportion of coolant between the parallel loops through radiator and oil cooler respectively...
• Re: hot and cold
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Mon, 26 Jun 1995 15:06:36 -0500 (CDT)
  ...where to put oil cooler, I've just put a front cooler in my 6cyl Vanagon, behind the front grill after pulling out one...
• Re: Oil Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Skip Emmert-Keaton
  Thu, 22 Apr 2004 10:35:19 -0700
  ...Also, leaving the stock cooler and adding a second cooler seems to me to be an obvious advantage over either single cooler. Using the...
• Re: Custom Oil/Tranny Coolers for automatic vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 12 May 2009 07:09:32 -0700
  Hi Robert I did a tranny oil cooler using parts from these guys: http://www.batinc.net/mocal-central.htm They are an excellent...
• Re: Oil Cooler under floor (was Re: oil question)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 11 Apr 1996 07:04:59 -0400
  ...A flat plate cooler properly sized and given good air flow will require a thermostat. Dennis.
• Re: oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Tue, 1 Apr 2014 19:07:23 -0400
  My setup is just like that, except I use a better cooler and have it on the opposite side so the engine does not...
• Re: Ultimate Oil Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Wed, 14 Aug 2002 14:41:24 -0500
  Install this oil cooler the next time you are performing an oil and filter change. Remove your oil filter. Carefully clamp the coolant lines...
• Re: Oil Cooler Install
  Historical mailing list - John Reynolds
  Sat, 2 Feb 2002 21:17:03 -0500
  ...This would get that hot oil cooler out of the cooling air and away from the #3 cylinder, hopefully also minimizing the dreaded #3...
• Re: Funny travel experience
  Historical mailing list - Gabriel Hourtouat
  Sat, 17 Jun 2023 10:30:19 -0400
  I have one of those giant Coleman Marine coolers. One hot year I pre-froze a regular-size cooler with all the long-range...
• Re: Oil cooler: possible to use AC condenser?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Fri, 18 Feb 2000 12:01:34 -0800
  Hello List, This is my input on the oil cooler bit. I have one installed on my van, one from autotech, with the thermostat...
• Re: Coleman 12 volt/120 volt cooler for vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Sun, 4 Feb 2001 23:16:03 -0800
  I drove from SFBA (Richmond) to Connecticut and back in my Wolfsburg Edition using one of these Coleman Thermoelctronic coolers. Before leaving I installed...
• Oil Cooler under floor (was Re: oil question)
  Historical mailing list - Ian Hallett
  Wed, 10 Apr 1996 09:18:38 +1000 (EST)
  John, I have had an external oil cooler installed under the floor of my '72 bus. It is parallel to the floor. As it...
• coolant leak
  Historical mailing list - SCOTT GREGORY
  Sat, 08 Feb 1997 21:22:00 -0500
  ...there is however two coolant hoses that feed the cooler? or the cooler could leak or the water pump. Let me know what you...
• Re: oil cooler seal with or without tab
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 11 Oct 2006 19:13:35 -0400
  Stays in place while you install the cooler! Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of gary...
• Re: 2.1 to 1.9 oil cooler retrofit design Q (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 27 Jan 2005 20:23:44 -0500
  Which exhust system are you using? The 1.9 exhaust will not clear the oil filter with the cooler in place. My solution is...
• 2.1 to 1.9 oil cooler retrofit design Q (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Wed, 26 Jan 2005 23:15:49 -0800
  ...So on to thinking about how to use the 2.1 oil cooler that is already installed in the engine (just not hooked up...
• Ultimate Oil Cooler
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Wed, 14 Aug 2002 13:29:34 -0500
  Fellow Vanners, For the ultimate "oil cooler", check out this site: http://www.dieselgeek.com/oilcooler.htm I know the name is Dieselgeek but...
• Re: Leaky Oil cooler 89 GL
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 19:36:43 -0600
  ...Leaky Oil cooler 89 GL > Hey there folks, I have a 89 GL 2.1, and I am suffering a steady leak from > under...
• Re: Sandwich oil cooler adapter question
  Historical mailing list - Gary McEachern
  Fri, 21 Sep 2001 20:37:09 -0400
  I recently bought a syncro that has this oil cooler bypassed. The PO did it! Does the oil cooler have a significany effect on...
• Re: Whats a Doghouse
  Historical mailing list - Alexis Montanez
  Tue, 3 Oct 1995 13:58:41 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I would like to know if I should > put on an external oil cooler. I have heard you don't need one if you...
• Re: Koolatron
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 01 Aug 1996 15:52:25 -0500 (EST)
  ...However, as you may know these coolers/warmers keep the temperature in cool mode about 40 degrees F below the exterior (to the cooler...
• Oil cooler problems
  Historical mailing list - Paula Lazeski
  Sun, 5 Mar 2000 23:58:05 -0500
  I am at a loss as to the placement of my oil cooler. It's one of those 16 pass coolers with a fan...
• Re: fridge replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Lee Peterson
  Thu, 2 Aug 2007 19:48:12 -0700
  I hate wet food too so I usually freeze several containers of drinking water for the food cooler, Ice is only for the beer...
• RE: Good/Bad? Bernie B.Oil Coolers
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 13 Aug 97 01:51:37 UT
  ...The cooler is really needed at high rpm. No air flow at idle is not a problem. You must first determine the need and...
• Re: oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sun, 23 Jun 2019 23:04:42 -0400
  ...I used a Mocal cooler on my previous Westy. Chris. Wysłane z iPhone'a > Wiadomość napisana przez Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> w dniu...
• Re: oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Tue, 1 Apr 2014 18:12:06 -0400
  David, I've described my installation of an 11" x 11" oil cooler behind the right rear tail light, complete with external oil filter...
• Re: Eurovan oil filter Warning
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Tue, 2 Sep 1997 14:40:06 -0400
  ...I saw something that I had seen before on Vanagons: > >There is an oil cooler on EV's just like the ones on Vanagons...
• Re: AT cooler?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:44:58 -0700
  ...An air type ATF oil cooler is commonly added to ( and water-cooled ATF cooler that you currently have is remvoed ) for subaru engine...
• Re: Oil Temperature??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 25 Sep 2015 22:40:09 -0400
  ...Without the cooler my oil temp peaked at 230F. The second run with cooler installed showed 215F. I did notice the oil warmed faster...
• Re: oil cooler for I-4 conversion
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 3 May 1999 19:14:35 -0700
  I kept the original oil coolers in my conversions (which will be ready later this month!). The oil cooler is the same design as...
• External oil cooler kit FS
  Historical mailing list - Westyman
  Thu, 1 Apr 2004 20:10:25 -0800
  I have an external oil cooler kit for all inline-four VW engines, uses a 'sandwich' adaptor to connect the hoses just above the...
• Re: oil cooler for 1982 Westy
  Historical mailing list - David and Shirin
  Tue, 4 Nov 2003 22:52:53 -0500
  ...External Oil Cooler Have completed a re-build on my 82 Westy, Air Cooled motor. Would like = to use an external oil cooler on...
• Re: Custom Scoop Update - Should you care!
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 10:24:25 -0400
  The side of the cooler with the most bugs on it is the inlet side! "Spooner, Robert E." <bob.spooner@MIDDLETOWNPOWER.COM>@gerry.vanagon...
• Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:59:18 -0700
  ...Oil Cooler Kit: all kits include Mocal sandwich plate adapter with >> built-in thermostatic control valve, efficient stacked-plate cooler, >> pre-built Parker hoses...
• Re: Oil cooler installation 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Thu, 1 Oct 2015 19:15:20 -0700
  ...With the cooler in place, which of the cooler pipe stubs does that direct water pump pipe hook to? I've new short hoses...
• Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:32:43 -0500
  ...Oil Cooler Kit: all kits include Mocal sandwich plate adapter with > built-in thermostatic control valve, efficient stacked-plate cooler, > pre-built Parker hoses...
• Re: Oil in Coolant
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carrington
  Sat, 7 Apr 2001 20:09:05 -0400
  Yes, The oil cooler leaking into the coolant is a common problem. Get it fixed, as too much oil in the coolant makes a...
• Re: Oil Cooler Dripping Oil 90 Carat
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Sun, 17 Mar 2002 16:19:45 -0800
  ...Occasionally the nut that holds the oil cooler to the block, the one that is on the threaded tube that the oil-filter screws...
• mounting auxillary oilcooler
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Mon, 10 Jan 2000 14:25:50 EST
  ...I have a 23 pass oil cooler that I would like to add by replacing the stock oil-to-water cooler with a "sandwich...
• Re: Mocal sandwich plate plus oil cooler equals overcooling
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:18:12 -0600
  ...The cooler itself was a Harrison AC evaporator from a 1975 Monte Carlo and although its design looked a lot like the factory cooler...
• Golf GTI oil coolers available?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 28 Sep 2001 14:38:23 -0400
  Dear List, Anyone know of the availabilty of used Golf/Rabbit (4 cylinder) GTI oil coolers here in North America? I'm mostly interested...
• Re: Oil heat exchanger fail.. more
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Tue, 24 Oct 2017 08:28:11 -0700
  ...Isn't the entire system engineered to operate with the cooler in place and functioning? And that is not just as an oil cooler...
• Re: Oil Cooler Upgrade I did...
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Tue, 4 May 1999 15:09:19 -0700
  ...Its not a cheasy aluminum fin cooler, with the pipe running > through it. It's similar in design to the factory oil coolers on...
• Re: Re.: Synthetic oils
  Historical mailing list - Armstrong, Charles L.
  Fri, 19 Aug 94 12:34:00 cdt
  >> Do wassreboxers have oil coolers? I thought they did....DC >> >I haven't noticed one in mine. -- >Steven >sjohnson@pcocd2.intel.com I don...
• Re: Oil cooler for 81 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 19 Jun 1996 18:59:44 -0400
  does nayone have pics of how to mount a cooler by the transmission. sam 70 westy
• Diesel Auxillary oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Tue, 8 Feb 2000 16:53:29 EST
  Have any of you diesel owners mounted auxiliary oil coolers, and if so where did you mount them?
• supplemental oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - David Cooper
  Thu, 9 Jan 2003 13:13:55 -0500
  I am thinking of installing an aditional oil cooler on my 82 Westy. Does anyone have any recomendations? Coop
• Re: Tranny oil cooler,(homemade kit?)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:12:01 -0800
  Your tencent life oil cooler is a fine device Dave. I installed one .. I highly approve of them. They do keep oil pressure up...
• Re: Auto transmission cooler??
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 26 Jun 2016 13:50:13 -0400
  ...Auto transmission cooler?? Does anyone know if auto transmission coolers have known go get plugged? Maybe coincidence, but it seems that after I changed...
• Re: I am considering installing an auxiliary oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:40:03 -0700
  ...Oil Cooler Kit: all kits include Mocal sandwich plate adapter with > built-in thermostatic control valve, efficient stacked-plate cooler, > pre-built Parker hoses...
• Re: Will someone repost this to type2
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Thu, 21 Mar 2002 16:23:18 -0500
  SW-- Can you give dimensional measurements, and mounting ideas (where, how attached)? I have a pair of coolers up front (a RaceMex?? 48 plate...
• Re: oil cooler
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 23 Jun 2019 09:16:07 -0700
  hi Mike, my Syncro Doka 1.9Tdi has a large oil cooler in front of the radiator, 2 long hoses from a sandwich adaptor...
• Re: Cooler thermostat question? when needed?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
  Wed, 20 Sep 2000 15:46:50 -0700
  On long hot climbs a cooler thermostat and cooler fan switch will make absolutely no difference in where the temperature needle goes.... That's...